President Donald Trump's firing of Democrats from two federal labor boards leaves the independence of the U.S. Federal ...

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to oust board members who oversee independent ...

The move comes after an appeals court on Monday blocked the president from removing Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board and Democratic member Cathy Harris from ...

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily remove two board members at independent labor agencies while the justices consider whether the president may ...

Gwynne Wilcox has served on the National Labor Relations Board, which resolves hundreds of unfair labor practice cases every year. The five-member board lacked a quorum after Wilcox’s removal.

The court hands down the 7-4 decision in lawsuits brought by two women separately fired from agencies that both deal with ...

The Supreme Court in 1935 ruled that Congress may require presidents to show cause – such as malfeasance – before dismissing board members overseeing independent agencies. But in recent years ...